Fireworks and blank for making the same



April 24, 1928.

W. H. WILLSON FIREWORKS AND BLANK FOR MAKING THE SAME Filed Sept. 20 1926 I nuenior Km/y (012230;: E

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Patented Apr. 24, rea s. I

V uuirsnff WILLIAM .niinnrwinnson; orfnosnnennns. CALIFORNIA;

rianwonxs Ann BLANK Eon Max ne THE sAMEl I A pncaimn filediseptember 20,1926. Serial 110.1%,453.

This invention relates to and is an improvement onv fireworks set forth in my patentfor Improvements on fireworks, patented February 27, 1917, No. 1,217,54A,- which shows a hollow combustible representation of a house with apastebo'ard'tube representing the chimney of the house and co1itaining combustibles. I

An object of this invention-isto reduce the cost of manufacture andatthe sainetiine provide a magazine in which a store of'combustibles and mildexplosives, red "fire or the likemay be stored, to be set off at the close of a preliminary conflagration.

' One advantage overthe former invention is alighter and cheaper securely braced foundation for thepowder tube or chimney of the fireworks provided by means ofa double base, onthe'lower plate'of which the tube stands, and through the upper deck of Whichbase the. tubeis inserted so -as to be supported thereby." I I I 1 An object is simplicity of manufacture; for and by this invention the house may be made ready for the po'wder'tubeby simply stamping, paper, or other inflammable[sheet'material that will hold its shape in folded "orbent orm.

Provision ,is made wherebyl the depth of the auxiliary combustible storage chamber may be changed by'a' change ofthe stamping and scoring dies. 5 I

Other objects;advantagesand features of invention may appear. from the accompanying drawing, the 'subjoined detailed description and the appended claims. I

The accompanying drawing illu'strates'the invention. I

Figure lisja side elevation of apiece of fireworks constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same fireworks; portions of the end wall being broken awayto expose interior construction.

' 'linewflFigslfi and 4; y I ,I I Fig; 4 is a sectionon linew, Figs. 1 and 3, looking toward the fireworks tube that represents the chimney of I the miniature house.

Fig. 5 is a plan of 'the slip or stamping from which the house is folded. The scoring or creasing applied to said slip is indicated in broken lines and is to enable the folding and gluing pasteboard,

a bend connecting the bottom panel or plate '18 to averti'ea-l subpanel 20 that is connected, ,by a bend'21to an'upper horizontal deck or folder to accurately fold the slip to form the bends of theslip in the miniature house.

- 1 is an upright shaft that in the piece of fireworks consists in an open ended tube adapted to be loaded with combustibles and provided with a fuse 2 to'ignite such combustibles after the manner of the fireworks shown inmy said'patent'. The miniature house 3is" formed of a single unitary staniping or slip-bent and folded in the manner hereinafter set'forth, in combination with the tube, and comprising panels, and bends and flapfor wings having peaks; there'be- 111g two slde panels 4, 5 to the ends of which the wings 6' and 7 are connected by right anglebends Sand 9. Y

The first side wall 13311614 and the first wings 6 connected thereto by bends 8, form [the end of the slip and the second side panel '5'is united to the second wings 'Z by the right angle bends 9 and is connected tothe first,

panel 4; byfirst roof and second panels 'lO and 11 thatare joined by the peak bend 12. 'Each ofthe end wings or flaps has a bottom. 'edge as at 13, 13' and thebottoni edges 13 ,I are alined with the bottom edge 14 of the panel 4:; said edges 13 and- 14: forming one end ofgthe slip. The end panels orwin'gsfi and 'Z are complementary to each other terminating in pointed tips 15 that are central to a vertical atfline w bisectin'g the bottom I edges 13 and 13 respectively.

"The bottom edges '13 of the wings are alinedwitha bottomlbend 17 that connectsa bottom panel-l8 to the side panel 5; 19 is floor panel 22, whichis connected by a bend 23,to a terminalupright-'subpanel 24: that fits against the inside of the side panel 5 the side panel 1. v The upper, or ro'ofpanels 10' and 11' are I I I lnotched withnotches'25 which are oblpng Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section on as shown in Fig. 5 when the strip is flattened out, and which forms an aperture to fit the upright tube 1.. The upperfioor panel or whilethecompanion panel 20 fits against deck 22 isprovided with a central. hole or I aperture'26 vertically below the'aperture at '25. A storage space 27 is formed between the bottom panel18 and thefloor panel 22 to contain combustibles that may be fired'by communication therewith of the fire in the I tube 1 through the'hole 28 in the tube.

In; practical manufacture the slip :Will be ,..creased at the'lines between theypanelsyand betweenthe Wings and the upright panels that carry said Wings; so that to assemble the house, it is'only'necessary to bend "the panels 24, 22, 20, l8wto form the openended rectangular box 27' at the'base ofthehouse 3, applying a suitable ceinent at-thejoints 29 between the Vertical sub-panels and'the fmentbetween vthe; contacting faces of the" upright side panels and to apply such ce- Wings 6 and 7 ,and also to the bottom of the r loaded tube -1, then inserting such tube through thehole formed. by the notches and through the hole 26 onto the bottom 18.

. When it. is desired tovplaee combusti bles in the box, the wings neednot be'cemented together, but lZllEGDClSOf thee-box niaybe left opensothat they may be filled at'any time and then the ends-6 -and=7 may be cemented togethen 1 i It is thus seen that I have prodnceda mire iature house from; a folded slip of paste- "boardor thick paper; said slip cam-prisingv side panels 4 and E r-00f panels 10,

' and 11 and end. Wings. 6 and 7; said roof panels-being connected to said side panels by eave bends lfland 5",andthe,

end wings '6 and 7 beinglconnected to the 30 ends oi'the side. panels 4 and 5 by-upright bends Sand 9, and that the-end wings are I overlapped and cemented together, so that the miniature ho-use enclosure isafirinand -true, and the base forholdling "the bottom of the fireworkschimney tube is formed-by folding'the panels 18-, 2d,;22'and2d; with right angle corners at th'e bends 1-7 19,2 1 and 23, to forman open ended box; the ends of which abut against. and are closed by the I innermost-end Wings" 7 in Fig. 3, an-d that by cementing to the side walls the 'upri ht snbpanels QO-and 24:, a very firmand stadole min ature house construction s produced,

and thatby providing the roof panels and the upper bottom panel 22 with holes-*or perforations 25 and 26, and inserting the I pyrotechnic tube 1 thereinto and cementing it in place, a light, strong-pyrotechnic shell 1. 'A piece of fire works comprising. a box- .l1ke structure having achambered base, a.

peakedl roof and Walls connecting the base communicate fire to: the inflammable matter having the appearance oflar housewithva -50 chimney is produced, and the lower end [of the tube maybe surrounded in theFeha-ni ber 27 by any desirablecombustible to complete av miniature conflagration whenithe inflammable filling, of the'tube as burned'so as to in the chamber 27. Y I claim:--

and the .roof; said roof having an aperture 'inthe peak, and said base comprising a bottom plate and afioorideck; said deck having an aperture;vertically below the aperture in the roof; and an upright powder holding-shaft seated onlthe bottom sheet 7 and extending through both, apertures, and

said chambered base adapted for the storage of the coinbustibles to be ignited by fire emanating: from said shaft;-

' 2. A piece of fire orkscomprising a boxlike structure, having a chambered base, a roofland wallsconnecting the base and the roof; said roof having an aperture, and said basecolnprising a bottom plate and a floor-deck; said deck ha Vi-ng -an aperture vertically below the aperture in the. roof;

and an upright openended tube containing a combustible seated :on the bottom Sheet and extending through both apertures, and open to thespaeebetween the deck and bottom plate, and said space arranged. to hold-a qnantityof combustiblesadapted to be ignited by 'fire from saidtube.

3. The combination with a powder holding shaft; of a miniature combustible. house;

comprising first and second side-wall panels, peaked end-wall panel, root panels} bottom and deck panels, and first .andsecond base panels, and bends; connectingadjacent panels; the ,side panels, subpa-nels and end panelsbeingnnpright, the roof panels being aslant and connected respectively to each other and to side flaps, :by bends;-

the end panels overlapping. each other and having their peaks aligned: with the bend-between the roof panel; the bottom panelbeing connected with the second side panel by'a ri-ghtangle bend; the first :sub-

,panelsbeing connected witha bottom panel by a right angle bend; the deck panel being "connected with the first subpanel by a, right angle bend and connected with the second fsub panel by a. right angle bend; the deck adapted tocontain combustibles, walls and a roof; and aitnbe resting on the bottomiplate and extending through the deck and roof and adapted to contain;.combustibles and to communicate with the bottom. chamber to 7 cause the ignition of the combustibles therein. 7 p 1 p blank for forming. a miniature house. consisting of a creased slip having a row of panels. with parallel creases for forming bends. between the panels, one end panel being provided with.- Wings/having. peaks and anintermediate paneli provided with ings having like peaks; the'peaks of the wings on each side being directed toward provided with an aperture adapted to come I I each other; two vpanels disposed between the into vertical position below the aperture in panels to which the wings are attached and the roof panels for the purpose of receiving adapted tobe bent to form a roof; an end BX- and supporting a chimney tube inserted tension creased to form 'deck and bottom throughthe roof aperture when the blank 15 panels and sub-panels for folding in beis folded. a tween the panels to which the wings are at- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto tached and forming a base when the panels set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this are folded, the roof panels being notched to 13th day of September, 1926.

10 form an aperture and the extension being WILLIAM HENRY VVILLSON, 

